Andre Yoskowitz
16 Feb 2009 17:14
This week at the Mobile World Congress, Samsung has been busy. First, the company batted off rumors that its upcoming Android phone was delayed and then released the world's first ever commercial solar-powered touchscreen phone.
Stealing the show however was the Omnia HD, which has the ability to record video in HD resolutions and can play back the video on any HDTV.
The phone has a large 3.7 inch touchscreen and is based on the Symbian S60 5.0 software. The screen resolution is an impressive 640x360, but that also obviously means the HD video playback on the device will be scaled down.
The phone achieves the HD video recording with the use of a 8-megapixel camera and also adds support for GPS, Wi-Fi and HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access). Supported download speeds are 7.2Mbps and 5.76Mbps depending on your access.
Perhaps even more notably, the phone can playback DivX and Xvid files, allowing for easy AVI playback. The phone has 16GB of internal memory which can be expanded to 32GB using the microSDHC card slot.
There was no word on pricing but the company noted the phone will be released in the Q2 2009.